It all starts in South Carolina on Thursday night as the Gamecocks hosts Texas A&M. The Aggies will start life without Johnny Manziel against Steve Spurrier's team that has won 11 games in each of the past three seasons, but did not make a BCS game.

On Saturday, LSU and Wisconsin meet in Houston. The Tigers enter with questions at quarterback and receiver. A victory by the Badgers establish credibility for the Big Ten and give the conference's champion a strong case to be in playoff come December.

The last matchup of ranked teams this weekend is in Athens where Georgia hosts Clemson. This is a rematch of last year's back-and-forth duel won by the Tigers. Both the Bulldogs and Tigers will have new starting quarterbacks, but there should be plenty of points on the scoreboard at game's end.